Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-27
EHoN WASHINGTON.

fs,.ciaI Correzpondenco Of the Alexa. GAzETrE]
WASHINGTON. D. O.. August y, 1887.
Intellicaucp here to-day from Atlanta,
ia is to me effect that it has transpIred
there that the committee OF arrangements
for the Presidents reception have not IN
yited OK President Davis, and that that
know,ege has PRODUCED no little adverse
comment. moi only there. but wherever 1t
has reached throughout the entire South,
inasinuch as It indicates that the mana
gers referred to would inhict an implied IN,
suit upon the most distinguished man IN all
the South, lest some South ha1ers 10 the
North might find fault with them.
The appointment Of U. S. marshal for
the ;sastern district of Tennessee was an
nounced two or three days ago. What was
the matter with his predecessor, Mr.. j. j.
wins. an appointee of this administration,
10 body seems to know.
Mr.. Nichols, an appraiser at the customs
house at Galveston, Tex, is the latest an
nounced candidate for the office OF door
keeaer of the U. S. House Of Representa-
lives. He, it is said. will obtain the sup,
port Of the entire Texas delegation, and Will
| thus still further reduce the strength OF the
present doorkeoper, Mr.. Donaldson, who is
candidate for reelection.
The first meeting of the Virginia demo
cratic association of this city, after their
summer recess, was held last night. Routine
business only was transacted. Ihere was
an informal talk about the platform adopted
ct the recent democratic State convention
of Virginia, aud though the genera! COM
ment was decidedly unfavorable, still, as the
association, though composed Of Nirginians,
and though its sole object il to help the
democratic cause in Virginia, aud though II
does help materially TO carry some OF
the close counties in that State, as its bead
quarters are not in Virginia the members
present deemed any formal reference to the
platform outside of the associations pro.
vince.
Representative Mills, Of Texas, who, as
stated in this correspondence yesterday
will probably be the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee of the next U. >
House Of Repres entatives, says that commit
tee will certainly strive to effect a reduction
in the revenue of the country, but that The
reduction must be made in the tarill on the
necessares Of life, and not on whisky.
4 Baltimore democrat, here to-day, re
rerring to the statement made By republi
can from this city to the effect that Mr.
Bcookes would not accept the republican
nomination for Governor OF Maryland, a;
mertionedin this correspondence yesterday
said The republican referred to was RICH,
about Mr.. Brookes's refusal TO be bled, and
that he had accepted the nomination with
the distinct understanding that he was moi
to he called or for any money.
A Boston democrat in the city today, says tht
fact tina. the democratic collector of customs a
Boston has recently stated. in effect, that though
all his subordinates are the same offensive repub
licin psrtislrs whom he found there when he
took charge of his office that their retention doe;
not seem at all Objectionable to the President anc
that he will not remove them until he shall bt
informed that their removal is desired by the
President has tended in no small degree 10 IN
crease the democratic lukewarmncss, dissatisac
ion and dslifsction that had previously existed
in that city, and that though that statement may
gam the President the support Of few anti
Blaine republicans in Massachusetts, it will los
him that OF hundreds of men who have heretofore
been active and efficient workers in the demo
cratic cause.